The Team
story teller & co-media design: Alex Oliszewski ( he/him) is an associate professor of Media Design a at The Ohio State University. His research is transdisciplinary, covering areas such as theatrical media design, new media authorship, the devising of experiential media systems and technological dramaturgy. Alex is the vision keeper for this project.
Dan Fine (he/him/they) is an artist, educator, and creative technologist who creates multidisciplinary works blending traditional storytelling with interactive digital media. His practice combines embodied, cinematic, and gaming techniques, centering technology and digital theories into the dramaturgy of his creations.
co-director: Julie Rada (she/they) is a theatre maker, educator, and scholar specializing in immersive, cross-disciplinary work and prison-based theatre programs. They have founded theatre programs in prisons across four states, facilitating works with incarcerated artists, including those on death row.
co-director: Brian Foley (he/him) is an autistic artist and educator with a background in theatre, circus, and puppetry. He has directed international gala shows, toured with award-winning performances, and collaborated with MacArthur-winning Bond Street Theater.
animation artist: Vita Berezina-Blackburn (she/her) specializes in multidisciplinary research and creative projects, integrating motion capture, virtual production, VR, and 3D modeling. Her work has been showcased at renowned venues like Lincoln Center and international festivals, and she teaches courses at ACCAD.
art therpist: Dana Keeton, ATR-BC, LMHC, is an artist, art therapist, and licensed mental health counselor in private practice in Iowa City, specializing in trauma-informed, integrative mind-body psychotherapy. Her artistic work explores tactile and lens-based media through collaborative multimedia projects, including live performance.
consulting artist: Jeanine Thompson (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist working in theatre, modern dance, and mime, blending these forms to create, teach, and collaborate on innovative projects. Jeanine’s work spans motion capture, virtual reality, and mediated performance, drawing from experiences with renowned collaborators like Marcel Marceau and John Giffin.
composer: Paul DeMarte (he/him) has been teaching at University of Colorado Denver since 2005. Between teaching and world traveling with his wife, Paul has been published online for several pop culture critiques, and he is a published lyricist and musician. In his rare free time, Paul analyzes post-punk, reads science-fiction/cyberpunk and tends to roll a natural 20 on an icosahedron.